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DANDLING
Definition of DANDLING
verb
present participle and gerund of dandle
verb
To move up and down on one's knee or in one's arms, in affectionate play, usually said of a child.
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Word DNA
DANDLING inherits its ancestry from its root, DANDLE.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
8th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
3.1%
of traced words share this origin (826)
branch · 22.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, DANDLE · 2 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DANDLING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 132, 29 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 132, 29 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DANDLING starts with D and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read ADDGILNN - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. D and N appear more than once.
Could you have found DANDLING?
OUTLIER is a daily word game. One grid, the same grid for everybody, and the words nobody else spots are the ones that pay. This word was on Day 132 - and most players walked straight past it.
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